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Mgr, a novel global regulator in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2003
Luong Thanh T, Newell Steven W, Lee Chia Y
Abstract excerpt
The virulence determinants of Staphylococcus aureus are coordinately controlled by several unlinked chromosomal loci. Here, we report the identification of CYL5614, derived from strain Becker, with a mutation that affects the expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide (CP8), nuclease, alpha-toxin, coagulase, protease, and protein A. This novel locus, named mgr, was linked by transposon Tn917 and mapped by...
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